PT-2026-112969
CVE-2026-88159
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Published
2026-10-13
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Updated
2026-10-19
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.8
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) (affected versions not specified)
Description
A use after free issue in the Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) allows an unauthorized remote attacker to execute arbitrary code over a network and affect the system. Use after free is a memory corruption flaw that occurs when an application continues to use a pointer after it has been freed.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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